as usually woman are blamed for it and there is a defeatist attitude that nothing can be done about it.woman support groups are at a minimal .
It was chockablock with shops and small hotels, and the beach had hordes of golden tanned girls and boys in string bikinis.
Varkala, a sleepy backwater and traditional pilgrim town and minimal beach wear? Kerala isn't ready for this. Of course I'm not condoning these incidents. But if 14 girls were drugged and raped, how come it didn't make headline news. Unless the crime is reported, , nothing can be done to stop repeat offenses.
In short they asked for it. Wear sting bikinis in kerala and you ask for it. This is not uncommon . Reading about this time and again.
And yeah woman usually wash their hands off it . It is the police problem and for the victim it is just hard luck if they cant file a complaint.
Do read about this being a deeply ingrained issue in Indian society
http://satyameva-jayate.org
'The dressing', 'you asked for it'. 'She wore a backless top, what else did she expect': These comments are not so uncommon.But first, I asked my wife. She had a typically crisp response: "Is it OK to rob a guy driving around in a Ferrari – because he is clearly "asking for it"?
That hit the nail on its head. Should not people (especially women) have the same expectations of civilised social behavior regardless of what they are wearing/doing?
http://indiainteresting
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About the date rape drug
Alcohol remains the most commonly used date rape drug because it is legal and readily available. Many assailants use alcohol because their victims often willingly imbibe it, and can be encouraged to drink enough to lose inhibitions or consciousness. Even if the victim agrees to sex, the act may be considered rape if the victim's judgment was impaired or incapacitated by alcohol.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Date_rape_drug
Date rape drugs are substances which cause a victim to pass out so they cannot resist what is being done, and they will not be able to recall what happened to them either. Most date rape drugs are colorless, odorless and tasteless or have taste that can be masked so that they can easily be slipped into a victims drink without the victim noticing.
http://sa.rochester.edu/masa/drugs.php
It also look like date rape drugs are very prevalent.
Recounting such an incident in Gurgaon, the official said a woman employed with a multinational company suspected that a colleague might have sexually assaulted her during a party. However, she did not pursue the matter since she was not sure of the facts and feared defamation.
http://www.indiaenews.com
The Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) of the Customs Department arrested Mohammad Ali Mohammad Sultan, a Chennai-based smuggler, on Monday night moments before he could fly out of India with a consignment of 25 kg of Ketamine Hydrochloride powder, a popular date rape drug.
http://www.dnaindia.com/report
Shockingly, NDTV found the anesthetic freely available. We merely walked into a South Mumbai medical store, asked for Ketamine and walked out with a bottle, no questions asked.
http://www.ndtv.com/convergence
Date rape pills - the new party drug to snare women
A Q&A list of the most important things that you need to know about the date rape drug Ketamine Hydrochloride. What are the street names?Special K, Super K, K, OK, KO, Vitamin K, Kid Rock, Ket Kat, Make-Her-Mine.
What is it?A legal drug sold as a veterinary sedative or hospital grade anesthesia and goes by the brand names Ketaset® or Ketalar®). It is in the same family of drugs as PCP (phencyclidine). When used in humans the drug acts as a dissociative anesthesia; it renders the user vaguely aware of, but comfortably detached from, all bodily sensations.
What are the effects?The most common effects include; delirium, vivid hallucinations, cardiac excitement, mild respiratory depression, confusion, irrationality, violent or aggressive behavior, vertigo, ataxia, slurred speech, delayed reaction time, euphoria, thinking, altered body image, analgesia, amnesia, and coma.
How quickly does it act on/leave the system?This depends on how it is ingested. When taken orally or nasally the effects take 10 - 20 minutes to be realized. When taken intravenously the effects are instantaneous. The effects last less than 3 hours and the drug is detectable in the system up to 48 hours depending on the method of ingestion. Since it is often mixed with other mind-altering drugs, like heroin and cocaine, many people do not ever realize they have been given this substance.
What does it look like?In undiluted form it looks like an off-white powder, in diluted form it looks like slightly cloudy water.
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